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John Smith Murdoch

{{Short description|Scottish-Australian architect (1862–1945)}}

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{{Infobox person

|name = John Smith Murdoch

|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|CMG}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1862|09|29}}

|birth_place = Cassieford Farm, Forres, Scotland

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1945|05|21|1862|09|29}}

|death_place = Brighton, Victoria, Australia

|occupation = Architect

|known_for = Old Parliament House, Canberra}}

File:Parliamenthouse2.jpg, 1927]]

File:Parliament House from ANZAC Parade (2800023900).jpg and New Parliament House, Canberra, 2006]]

John Smith Murdoch {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CMG}} (29 September 1862{{spaced ndash}}21 May 1945){{harvp|Rowe|1995|p=36}} was a Scottish architect who practised in Australia from the 1880s until 1930. Employed by the newly formed Commonwealth Public Works Department in 1904, he rose to become chief architect, from 1919 to 1929,{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |author=D. I. MacDonald |title=Murdoch, John Smith (1862–1945) |id2=murdoch-john-smith-7692}} and was responsible for designing many government buildings, most notably the Provisional Parliament House in Canberra, the home of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988."A Short History of Parliament", Parliamentary Education Office, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia {{cite web|url=http://www.peo.gov.au/students/cl/shorthistory_first-parliament.html |title=Closer Look: A Short History of Parliament; Students; PEO, Parliament of Australia |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420051816/http://www.peo.gov.au/students/cl/shorthistory_first-parliament.html |archive-date=20 April 2013 }}

Personal life

John Smith Murdoch was born in Cassieford Farm, Forres, Scotland.{{citation|title=CP 965: John Smith MURDOCH CMG|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+965|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140418021839/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+965|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2014|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=18 April 2014}}

He had a "dry and quiet" personality and was frugal in both his professional and private life.{{harvp|Rowe|1997|p=1}} Murdoch never married, and there are only two official known photographs of him.{{harvp|Rowe|1997|p=2}}

Murdoch was a member of the Masonic order and it is claimed that he incorporated many masonic motifs into his designs.Denis Strangman, "John Smith Murdoch, Brisbane, a Wooden Leg, Symbolic Signs, and the OPH Building", retrieved 31 May 2007, https://web.archive.org/web/20060904020357/http://www.geocities.com/string_au/murdoch.htm

He died in Brighton, Melbourne."[https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044409/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202601 John Smith Murdoch]", Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1840–1980.

Professional life

Murdoch was educated at the Parish school at Rafford and at Forres Academy and received his architectural training in Scotland. He was articled to the architectural firm Matthews and Mackenzie in 1878. After completing his articles in 1883 he became assistant in the office of Alexander Ross in Inverness before moving to Glasgow to work for Campbell Douglas & Sellars and then for the Glasgow South Western Railway Engineers' Department. In 1884 Murdoch emigrated with his parents to Melbourne in response to the severe depression of the 1880s.

In Melbourne, Murdoch was briefly employed by the architectural firm Reed, Henderson and Smart before being appointed as a draftsman in the Queensland Department of Public Works in 1885.{{harvp|Watson|McKay|1994|p=127}} While working for the Public Works Department, Murdoch is said to have designed the Sandgate Post Office (1887) before being retrenched on 30 June 1887 due to a downturn in public works.{{harvp|Watson|McKay|1994|pp=127–128}}

Murdoch then joined the firm John Hall and Son where he was employed until 1893.{{harvp|Watson|McKay|1994|p=128}} While working for John Hall and Son, it is claimed that Murdoch designed the South Brisbane Municipal Chambers (1890–1892), Gladstone Place and several South Brisbane hotels, including Broadway Hotel (1889–90) and Burke's Hotel (1890).

In 1893, Murdoch was re-appointed to the Public Works Department where he worked until 1904. During this time he worked on a great number of public buildings throughout Queensland. The design work produced by the department at this time was somewhat collaborative. Other prominent architects working for the Queensland Public Works Department who may have contributed to design work credited to Murdoch (and vice versa) include Thomas Pye and Alfred Barton Brady."Customs House", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE8899 |title=AHPI - Record |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204130113/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE8899 |archive-date=4 December 2012 }}"Customs House and Residence (former)", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE8769 |title=AHPI - Record |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129160102/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE8769 |archive-date=29 November 2012 }}

In 1904 Murdoch transferred to the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs in Melbourne, as a Senior Clerk.{{harvp|Rowe|1995|p=25}} Here he was promoted to Architect in 1914 and Chief Architect in 1919–29. He was involved with the planning of Canberra and designed many significant Commonwealth buildings around Australia including the Provisional Parliament House, Canberra (1927), the Canberra Hotel (1922–25), the General Post Office, Perth (1923), Spencer Street Mail Exchange (1913) and the Former High Court of Australia (1925), both in Melbourne. He laid out Forrest Place, Perth (1923), and Anzac Square, Brisbane (1926). Murdoch was promoted to Director-General of Works by 1927 and was appointed C.M.G. (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) to honour his service to the Commonwealth of Australia. Murdoch moved to Canberra with his department in 1929 and retired later the same year, remaining a member of the Federal Capital Commission until its abolition in 1930.

Works

=Queensland=

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File:Burke's Hotel, South Brisbane, 1889-90.tif, 1889–90]]

File:Broadway Hotel, Woolloongabba, 1890.tif, 1890]]

File:Southbrisbanetownhall.jpg

File:View of the Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, in 1897.jpg, 1897]]

List of known works in Queensland:

class="wikitable"
1887Sandgate Post Office (former): 1 Bowser Parade, Sandgate 4017
1888–89West End School of Arts (demolished): Boundary Street, West End 4101
1889–90Burke's Hotel (Red Brick Hotel): 83 Annerley Road, South Brisbane 4102
1890Broadway Hotel: 93 Logan Road, Woolloongabba 4102
1890South Brisbane Municipal Chambers (South Brisbane Town Hall): 263 Vulture Street, West End 4101South Brisbane Municipal Building, The Brisbane Courier, 6 June 1892, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3542993
1894–95Victoria Bridge Abutments (bridge demolished, abutments existent): Victoria Bridge, South Brisbane 4101 (with A.B. Brady)
1896Queensland Agricultural College (University of Queensland Gatton campus) (partially demolished, Foundation Building and Homestead existent): Warrego Highway, Lawes 4343
1897Central Watch-tower, Stewart's Creek Gaol (Stuart Creek Jail), Dwyer Street, Stuart, Townsville, 4811
1897Charleville Court House (demolished): Alfred Street, Charleville 4470Stuart King, "Queensland Public Buildings 1870 – 1904: Eclecticism and Composition", Cultural Crossroads: Proceedings of the 26th International SAHANZ Conference, 2 – 5 July 2009, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 540–555. {{ISBN|978-0-473-15065-5}} (2009)
1897Dalby Consumptive's Hospital (Jubilee Sanatorium, Jubilee Hospital) (demolished), Dalby"The Diamond Jubilee; The Proposal of the Government; Consumptive Hospital at Dalby", The Brisbane Courier (Wednesday 19 May 1897), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3651178?searchTerm=dalby%20jubilee%20hospital&searchLimits=
1898–1900Maryborough Customs House: Richmond Street, Maryborough 4650
1900–01Roma Court House: 141 McDowall Street, Roma 4455{{cite QHR|16048|Roma Court House and Police Buildings|601285|accessdate=12 August 2015}}
1900–01Mackay Customs House: 31 River Street, Mackay 4740{{harvp|Watson|McKay|1994|p=129}}
1900–01Gympie Court House, Channon Street, Gympie 4570
1900–01Stanthorpe Post Office: 14 Maryland Street, Stanthorpe 4380
1900–01Brisbane Naval Offices: 3 Edward Street, Brisbane 4000 (with Thomas Pye?)
1900–02Bundaberg Customs House (demolished): Quay Street, Bundaberg 4670
1903Boggo Road Gaol: No. 2 Division: 150 Annerley Road, Dutton Park 4102"Boggo Road Gaol: No 2 Division and Remnant No 1 Division", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?QLD601033 |title=AHPI - Record |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127111814/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?QLD601033 |archive-date=27 November 2012 }}
1903–04St. Luke's Mission Hall (The Pancake Manor): 10 Charlotte Street, Brisbane 4000
1903–04St. John's School and Institute (Webber House): 439 Ann Street, Brisbane 4000 (with Robin Dods)
1926Anzac Square, Brisbane: 228 Adelaide Street, Brisbane 4000
1932–59Former Queensland Government Offices: 255A Ann Street, Brisbane 4000"Former Queensland Government Offices (Anzac Square Building)", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?QLD600059 |title=AHPI - Record |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127021001/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?QLD600059 |archive-date=27 November 2012 }}
1933–36Commonwealth Government Offices: 232 Adelaide Street, Brisbane 4000"Commonwealth Government Offices", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?QLD600064 |title=AHPI - Record |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127221336/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?QLD600064 |archive-date=27 November 2012 }}

=Victoria=

Notable works include:

  • former Royal Australian Field Artillery (RAFA) Barracks, part of the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong (1911–13){{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/4856|title=Royal Field Artilliary Barracks|website=vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au|access-date=2020-02-28|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514081019/https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/4856|url-status=live}}
  • HMAS Cerberus Naval Base, Crib Point, Westernport Bay (1913–20){{Cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=place_name=Cerberus;list_code=CHL;keyword_PD=on;keyword_SS=on;keyword_PH=on;latitude_1dir=S;longitude_1dir=E;longitude_2dir=E;latitude_2dir=S;in_region=part;place_id=105336|title=HMAS Cerberus Central Area Group|website=Australian Heritage Database|access-date=2020-02-28|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512053725/http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=place_name=Cerberus;list_code=CHL;keyword_PD=on;keyword_SS=on;keyword_PH=on;latitude_1dir=S;longitude_1dir=E;longitude_2dir=E;latitude_2dir=S;in_region=part;place_id=105336|url-status=live}}
  • RAAF Williams, Point Cook (1913–18){{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/125277|title=Point Cook RAAF base|website=Victorian Heritage Database|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512082512/https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/125277|url-status=live}}
  • former Naval Drill Hall, 40 Bay Street, Port Melbourne (1912){{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/4937|title=Naval Drill Hall and Post Office|website=vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au|access-date=2020-02-28|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512082557/https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/4937|url-status=live}}
  • Commonwealth Offices, 4 Treasury Place, East Melbourne (1912)"Commonwealth Offices", Heritage Victoria, http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;65745 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005070220/http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;65745 |date=5 October 2011 }}
  • former Mail Exchange, cnr Spencer Street and Bourke Street, Melbourne(1913)"Former Mail Exchange", Heritage Victoria, http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/709?print=true {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213424/http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/709?print=true |date=3 March 2016 }}
  • former Federal Woollen Mills, North Geelong (1915).{{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/11489|title=VHD|website=vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au|access-date=2019-07-01|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701041628/https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/11489|url-status=live}}
  • former High Court, Little Bourke Street (1926)."High Court of Australia (former)", Australian Heritage Database, {{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahc/national-assessments/high-court/pubs/high-court.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321090130/http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahc/national-assessments/high-court/pubs/high-court.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}
  • former Australian Wireless Transmitting and Receiving Stations, Fiskville (1926){{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/44704|title=former Australian Wireless Transmitting and Receiving Stations|website=Victorian Heritage Database|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228120608/https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/44704|url-status=live}}
  • Telephone Exchange, 436 Little Bourke Street (designed 1929, built 1935)

=Western Australia=

Notable Western Australian works include:

  • General Post Office, Perth (1914–23),{{Cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105527|title=Perth General Post Office|website=Australian Heritage Database|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310001314/https://environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105527|url-status=live}} created along with Forrest Place, which it addresses, was designed in association with William Hardwick who at the time was the Western Australia Government Architect.
  • the Commonwealth Bank, which is adjacent to the Post Office and repeats its architectural elements, is thought to have been designed by Murdoch in 1929, the year he retired, though the plans carry the signature of Thomas Hill, the Director General of Works.{{Cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=place_name=commonwealth%2520bank;town=perth;keyword_PD=on;keyword_SS=on;keyword_PH=on;latitude_1dir=S;longitude_1dir=E;longitude_2dir=E;latitude_2dir=S;in_region=part;place_id=10369|title=Commonwealth Bank Building|website=Australian Heritage Database|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512053727/http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=place_name=commonwealth%2520bank;town=perth;keyword_PD=on;keyword_SS=on;keyword_PH=on;latitude_1dir=S;longitude_1dir=E;longitude_2dir=E;latitude_2dir=S;in_region=part;place_id=10369|url-status=live}} It was completed in 1933.

=Canberra=

Murdoch persuaded Walter Burley Griffin to come to Australia from the US, and went to Sydney to greet him on his arrival in 1913.{{harvp|Rowe|1995|p=29}} Later, however, he had a difficult relationship with Griffin.Max Bourke, "Old house rules", in Canberra 1900–2000 (supplement to the Canberra Times), 19 March 2000.

Murdoch designed the Provisional Parliament House in Canberra, which opened in 1927. However, he had no enthusiasm for the project, saying expenditure on it could not be justified at the time; and he thought the whole idea was a waste of money.Robert Messenger, "'Mythical thing' to an iced reality", in Old Parliament House: 75 Years of History (supplement to the Canberra Times), 4 May 2002.

Murdoch also designed many of Canberra's first public buildings, such as:

  • Kingston Power Station (1913–1915). This was decommissioned in the early 1960s, and reopened on 25 May 2007 as Canberra Glassworks, a glass artist studio."In the Engine Room", Canberra Glassworks, {{cite web|url=http://www.canberraglassworks.com/live-glassmaking/in-the-engine-room/ |title=In the Engine Room « Glassworks |access-date=2012-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331071859/http://www.canberraglassworks.com/live-glassmaking/in-the-engine-room/ |archive-date=31 March 2013 }}
  • the Hotel Canberra (Hostel No. 1) (1924) – now the Hyatt HotelACT Government, "Hotel Canberra", Libraries ACT, http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/frequentlyaskedquestions/Place_Stories/hotelcanberra {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314150458/http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/frequentlyaskedquestions/Place_Stories/hotelcanberra |date=14 March 2013 }}
  • the Hotel Kurrajong (Hostel No. 2) (1926)"Hotel Kurrajong and Setting", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE18152 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811190438/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE18152 |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}
  • Secretariat Buildings No. 1 and 2 (1927) – now East and West Blocks"East Block Government Offices", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE19963 |title=AHPI - Record |access-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203163757/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE19963 |archive-date=3 December 2012 }}"West Block and the Dugout", Australian Heritage Places Inventory, {{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?CHL105428 |title=AHPI - Record |access-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121128180300/http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?CHL105428 |archive-date=28 November 2012 }}
  • Gorman House (Hostel No. 3) (1924–25)"Gorman House", National Trust Register of Significant Places, {{cite web|url=http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/ClassifiedPlaces/GORMAN%20HOUSE%20CITATION.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513211750/http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/ClassifiedPlaces/GORMAN%20HOUSE%20CITATION.pdf |archive-date=13 May 2012 }}
  • Ainslie Public School (1936)"Ainslie Public And Primary Schools, Braddon", Interim Heritage Places Register, http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/ClassifiedPlaces/AINSLIE%20PUBLIC%20&%20PRIMARY%20SCHOOLS.pdf {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513211623/http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/ClassifiedPlaces/AINSLIE%20PUBLIC%20%26%20PRIMARY%20SCHOOLS.pdf |date=13 May 2012 }}
  • several residential hotels necessary for public servants and politicians.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

=New South Wales=

  • 12 bungalows for staff of the Royal Australian Navy College (1915), {{HMAS|Creswell}}, Jervis Bay, New South Wales. The bungalows are now heritage-listed, and were refurbished in 2006–07.[http://www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/editions/5009/index.htm "Creswell's heritage houses restored"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606200614/http://www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/editions/5009/index.htm |date=6 June 2007 }} Navy News 50, no.9, 31 May (2007): 6.

Gallery of work

File:StateLibQld 1 389969 Jubilee Sanatorium, Dalby, 1907.jpg|Dalby Consumptive's Hospital, Dalby, 1897

File:StateLibQld 1 256472 Customs House at Maryborough, 1930.jpg|Maryborough Customs House, Maryborough, 1900

File:StateLibQld 1 188951 Customs House Building, Mackay ca. 1909.jpg|Mackay Customs House, Mackay, 1900–01

File:Brisbane Naval Offices, 1901.tif|Brisbane Naval Offices, 1901

File:Boggo Road Gaol, No. 2 Division, Dutton Park, 1903.tif|Boggo Road Gaol, No. 2 Division, Dutton Park, Brisbane, 1903

File:St. Johns' School and Institute, 1903-04.tif|St. Johns' School and Institute, Brisbane, 1903–04

File:Commonwealth government offices treasury place east melbourne.jpg|Commonwealth Government Offices, Treasury Place, Melbourne, 1912

File:Former Melbourne Mail Exchange, corner of Spencer Street & Bourke Street.jpg|Former mail exchange, Melbourne, 1913–17

File:Old Parliament House cropped.jpg|Provisional Parliament House, Canberra, 1922

File:GeneralPostOfficePerth WaiHong.jpg|GPO, Forrest Place, Perth, 1923

File:MurrayStreetPerthNight gobeirne.jpg|Commonwealth Bank Building, Forrest Place, Perth, 1923

File:Hotel Canberra.JPG|Hotel Canberra, 1924

File:National Archives of Australia in Parkes, ACT.jpg|East Block, Canberra, 1925–56

File:Anzac Square, Brisbane, 1926.tif|Anzac Square, Brisbane, 1926

File:Former Queensland Government Offices, 1931-59.tif|Former Queensland Government Offices, Brisbane, 1931–59

File:Commonwealth Government Offices, 1933-36.tif|Commonwealth Government Offices, Brisbane, 1933–36

References

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=Bibliography=

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  • {{cite journal |last=Rowe |first=David |year=1995 |title=John Smith Murdoch and the early development of Canberra |journal=Fabrications |volume=6 |pages=24–37 |doi=10.1080/10331867.1995.10525085 |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:13824 |access-date=29 April 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051704/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:13824 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite thesis |last=Rowe |first=David |year=1997 |title=Building a national image: the architecture of John Smith Murdoch, Australia's first Commonwealth Government architect |degree=PhD |publisher=Deakin University}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Watson |first1=Donald |first2=Judith |last2=McKay |year=1994 |title=Queensland Architects of the 19th Century: a Biographical Dictionary |location=Brisbane |publisher=Queensland Museum |isbn=0724256571 }}

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External links

{{commons category|John Smith Murdoch}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20170326101933/http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/65209/Arts-Crafts-Brisbane/#!date=1868-09-02_17:15:24! Timeline of life and works of John Smith Murdoch, Thomas Pye and George David Payne in Brisbane]
  • [https://archive.today/20130213151047/http://goo.gl/maps/NCSn1 Google Maps of Brisbane works of John Smith Murdoch]
  • [https://archive.today/20130213173023/http://goo.gl/maps/NcHeq Google Maps of Queensland works of John Smith Murdoch]
  • {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1213279 |title=IN THE PUBLIC EYE. |newspaper=Canberra Times|date=17 May 1927 |access-date=7 October 2012 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} Photograph of John Smith Murdoch
  • [http://www.canberraglassworks.com Canberra Glassworks]
  • [http://www.pillarsofanation.com.au/architects7.html Pillars of A Nation; John Smith Murdoch]
  • [http://static.oph.gov.au/ophgovau/media/docs/heritage/heritage_nomination.pdf National Heritage List Nomination for Old Parliament House and Curtilage]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044409/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202601 Dictionary of Scottish Architects; John Smith Murdoch]
  • [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murdoch-john-smith-7692 Australian Dictionary of Biography; Murdoch, John Smith (1862–1945)]
  • [http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs174.aspx National Archives of Australia; East Block building, Canberra – Fact Sheet 174]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080228160632/http://www.heritage.gov.au/ahpi/index.html Australian Heritage Places Inventory]
  • [http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/heritage/qld-register/index.html Queensland Heritage Registry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513101846/http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/heritage/qld-register/index.html |date=13 May 2013 }}
  • [https://buildings.slq.qld.gov.au/explore.html?searchterm=john+Smith+Murdoch&page=1 Discover Queensland Buildings website]

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